Mousikos.com is the latest client project I was involved in. It is a Greek startup focused on musicians, which is on early beta phase and currently available only in Greek language. I was heavily involved in all of the project’s phases (since the early documentation of its specifications) and I had a great time working on it, so I decided to share a few details about it.

The most common way of working for most freelancers is to work with end-clients (either individuals, or companies). Another option though, is to become a subcontractor for an agency which provides services similar to what you offer. In my case, that is agencies which create web projects. I was amazed when I discovered that even large and well-established agencies are hiring freelancers for parts of (or even whole) projects. Usually you won’t see those opportunities being advertised, but many agencies do outsource to freelancers.

Three months ago, I introduced a section in the sidebar of this blog called “propose a tutorial”, which was asking people to (obviously) propose a tutorial, or ask me for any kind of help. In this article, I’m discussing its outcome and I’m answering some readers’ questions.

It never ceases to amaze me when I see people (even programmers) who are not using their keyboards to save them time in any task they’re doing. I’m currently working using my small netbook which I usually try to use without a lot of mouse interactions*, writing this article on my favourite browser, therefore I’m going to list a set of keyboard shortcuts that I use every day while I’m working with Google Chrome.

Blindify is a jQuery plugin which creates a slideshow featuring a blinds effect transitioning (either vertical or horizontal) between a list of images. Have a look at the demo. You can download it via GitHub.